Evaluating the simulated seasonality of soil moisture with earth observation data

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1548-1560

  Ellis, Richard J ^a   Taylor, Christopher M ^a   Weedon, Graham P ^b   Gedney, Nicola ^b   Clark, Douglas B ^a   Los, Sietse ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LEAF AREA INDEX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; THROUGHFALL; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 77952638473     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1147.1     Document Type: Article

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